Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework
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August 28, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (12 comments)
orangea
what is "PCC"?
boredatoms
Is this what apple does in xcode?
ironqcold
Interesting project. If it actually works it opens up a ton of possibilities for testing and reverse engineering.
TylerJaacks
This project is really cool its a shame you have to disable or partial disable SIP which can break some things.
chews
What a release! Congrats to the builder, lots of great work done here and in IOS profiling in general has been done here recently. Corellium went research only and I lost the ability to actually profile my applications the way I'd like. I've got a fun thing over coffee in the morning!
root9876
> during iOS setup, don't pick Japan or the EU as your region (extra regulatory checks the VM can't satisfy) I'm curious what are these checks
hamandcheese
This seams neat, but I'm not sure I understand the purpose/difference between this and using the iOS simulator.
leoh
Will Apple break this?
dvduval
Will there ever be a day where I could run this on a PC or something like it?
catlifeonmars
Does this include a virtual baseband?
senor_digimon
Can this be used for account recovery?
leke
Can this be used to test the phone's browser on localhost?